Kasabian's Tom Meighan says running over his dad was 'the worst day of my life'

Kasabian's Tom Meighan has commented on reports that he knocked down his father in a car accident earlier this year.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Meighan called the incident a "freak accident", which happened when the frontman, who doesn't have a driving licence, pressed down on the accelerator instead of releasing the handbreak, hitting his father with the car and leading him to be hospitalised.

"It was a freak accident, it was horrible. That was the worst day of my life," he said. "I can drive but it was in an automatic car. It was too fast. It was a real shock at the time... We have laughed about it now and that's all you can do. I'm very close to my dad. He's a very amazing person to have around, so that happening was awful."